On the specific features of disclosure and investigation of cybercrimes
The methods of dealing with cybercrime and factors for achieving a positive result are considered in the article, in order to analyse the current state of cybercrime. The author, pointing out the problems, faced by investigators in the investigation of cybercrimes, comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to improve this law enforcement activity. Particular attention is paid to a comprehensive study of problems relating to criminal-legal qualification, criminal-procedure procedures for conducting investigations, forensic techniques and tactics, intelligence-gathering and international cooperation. All this is aimed at optimizing the mechanism for conducting investigative, procedural and investigative actions to detect, record and verify digital evidence electronically. This work highlights and describes the salient features of the study of scientific, theoretical and practical problems relating to the law enforcement activities of officials of State investigative bodies, criminal investigation agencies, experts and specialists, those responsible for detecting and investigating cybercrime. The article clarifies the characteristics of the target of the attack, as expressed in the information stored on the technical media of information systems and transmitted through the communication channels of the global Internet. The author generalizes the material on the subject under study and introduces the term «investigation technology», which most fully reflects the complex mechanism, the intersectoral approach (criminal law, criminal procedure, forensics, investigative activities, forensic expertise, international criminal law, legal psychology, etc.) in the procedure of pre-trial criminal proceedings in criminal cases involving offences committed in cyberspace. The views of domestic and foreign scientists on the criminal, criminological, forensic, intelligence and international legal characteristics of cybercrime are presented. Considerable attention is paid to the subjective and objective factors contributing to the commission of the criminal acts in question, and examples are given of the most common types. The conclusion contains a list of the causes that contribute to the commission of these crimes and author’s proposals to improve the algorithm of law enforcement in the detection and investigation of cybercrime